Short Vowel Phonics Worksheets
How the sounds work (Find the middle sound): Say the word in three parts: p – i – g. The middle sound is the vowel: a (cat), e (hen), i (pig), o (dog), u (sun). Try each vowel in the gap: only one makes the word in the picture.
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- 1.🦇 b _ t — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) a (c) i
- 2.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pin”? (a) log (b) pig (c) cap
- 3.Which picture has the same middle sound as “hug”? (a) cup (b) fox (c) bat
- 4.☕ c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) u (c) i
- 5.🥅 n _ t — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) o (c) e
- 6.🐀 r _ t — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) e (c) u
- 7.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) red (b) pig (c) box
- 8.Which picture has the same middle sound as “web”? (a) bug (b) red (c) pig
- 9.Which picture has the same middle sound as “red”? (a) bin (b) fox (c) gem
- 10.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) bin (b) rat (c) dot
- 11.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) dog (b) red (c) pin
- 12.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) bug (b) dog (c) cap
- 13.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) hug (b) box (c) pen
- 14.Which picture has the same middle sound as “red”? (a) bat (b) pen (c) six
- 15.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) hat (b) log (c) sun
- 16.Which picture has the same middle sound as “hen”? (a) pen (b) hug (c) bin
- 17.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bin”? (a) ten (b) pig (c) can
- 18.🤗 h _ g — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) o (c) u
- 19.🔴 r _ d — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) u (c) a
- 20.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bus”? (a) six (b) dot (c) sun
- 21.Which picture has the same middle sound as “van”? (a) cap (b) dog (c) web
- 22.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) run (b) rat (c) log
- 23.Which picture has the same middle sound as “van”? (a) bin (b) tap (c) dot
- 24.🐔 h _ n — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) e
- 25.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) lip (b) bus (c) hat
- 26.Which picture has the same middle sound as “cup”? (a) bus (b) bat (c) zip
- 27.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) bin (b) leg (c) tub
- 28.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) six (b) box (c) red
- 29.☀️ s _ n — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) a (c) o
- 30.🥫 c _ n — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) e (c) i
- 31.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) cap (b) dog (c) bus
- 32.👄 l _ p — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) e (c) i
- 33.Which picture has the same middle sound as “sun”? (a) bug (b) dog (c) zip
- 34.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) zip (b) bag (c) log
- 35.Which picture has the same middle sound as “hen”? (a) pin (b) bug (c) red
- 36.Which picture has the same middle sound as “box”? (a) six (b) gem (c) dog
- 37.Which picture has the same middle sound as “six”? (a) lip (b) run (c) dog
- 38.Which picture has the same middle sound as “leg”? (a) cat (b) fox (c) gem
- 39.🚰 t _ p — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) a (c) e
- 40.🕸️ w _ b — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) e (c) i
Answer key
- a
- pig
- cup
- u
- e
- a
- pig
- red
- gem
- dot
- pin
- dog
- box
- pen
- log
- pen
- pig
- u
- e
- sun
- cap
- rat
- tap
- e
- bus
- bus
- tub
- six
- u
- a
- cap
- i
- bug
- zip
- red
- dog
- lip
- gem
- a
- e
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